Implementing Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (DCACI)

Introducing Cisco ACI Fabric Infrastructure and Basic Concepts
· What Is Cisco ACI?
· Cisco ACI Topology and Hardware
· Cisco ACI Object Model
· Faults, Event Record, and Audit Log
· Cisco ACI Fabric Discovery
· Cisco ACI Access Policies

Describing Cisco ACI Policy Model Logical Constructs
· Cisco ACI Logical Constructs
· Tenant
· Virtual Routing and Forwarding
· Bridge Domain
· Endpoint Group
· Application Profile
· Tenant Components Review
· Adding Bare-Metal Servers to Endpoint Groups
· Contracts

Describing Cisco ACI Basic Packet Forwarding
· Endpoint Learning
· Basic Bridge Domain Configuration ****

Introducing External Network Connectivity
· Cisco ACI External Connectivity Options
· External Layer 2 Network Connectivity
· External Layer 3 Network Connectivity

Introducing VMM Integration
· VMware vCenter VDS Integration
· Resolution Immediacy in VMM
· Alternative VMM Integrations

Describing Layer 4 to Layer 7 Integrations
· Service Appliance Insertion Without ACI L4-L7 Service Graph
· Service Appliance Insertion via ACI L4-L7 Service Graph
· Service Graph Configuration Workflow
· Service Graph PBR Introduction

Explaining Cisco ACI Management
· Out-of-Band Management
· In-Band Management
· Syslog
· Simple Network Management Protocol
· Configuration Backup
· Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
· Role-Based Access Control
· Cisco ACI Upgrade
· Collect Tech Support

Lab Outline
· Validate Fabric Discovery
· Configure Network Time Protocol (NTP)
· Create Access Policies and Virtual Port Channel (vPC)
· Enable Layer 2 Connectivity in the Same Endpoint Group (EPG)
· Enable Inter-EPG Layer 2 Connectivity
· Enable Inter-EPG Layer 3 Connectivity
· Compare Traffic Forwarding Methods in a Bridge Domain
· Configure External Layer 2 (L2Out) Connection
· Configure External Layer 3 (L3Out) Connection
· Integrate Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) With VMware vCenter Using VMware Distributed Virtual Switch (DVS)